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CURRENT LAWS AND REGULATIONS / MISC. LEGISLATIVE

  • Title: New Brownfields Legislation for 2002. 
    Date Pub.:  01/03/2001
    Description: Important new Brownfields Legislation. Public Law 107-118 (H.R. 2869)

ABSTRACT
The Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act provides certain relief from liability under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, promotes the cleanup and reuse of brownfields, and provides financial assistance for brownfields revitalization.

Link to: https://www.epa.gov/brownfields/
summary-small-business-liability-relief-and-brownfields-revitalization-act

MISCELLANEOUS REFERENCE ITEMS

  • Title: U.S. EPA's Region 6 Website
    Description: The U.S. EPA's Region 6 Website. Region 6 serves Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and 66 Tribes.
    Link To: www.epa.gov/region6/index.htm
  • Title: U.S. EPA's Brownfields Website 
    Description: The U.S. EPA's Brownfields Economic Redevelopment Initiative 
    Link To: www.epa.gov/brownfields
  • Title: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality 
    Description: The TCEQ website for the Voluntary Cleanup Program (VCP)
    Link To: www.tceq.texas.gov/remediation/vcp/vcp.html
  • Title: U.S. EPA Available Funding Mechanisms
    Description: U.S. EPA suggestions for locating and leveraging assessment, cleanup, and redevelopment capital. Includes tools for financing brownfields redevelopment, brownfields tax incentives, etc.
    Link To: https://www.epa.gov/brownfields/types-epa-brownfield-grant-funding